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In data provided by the National Association of Women Business Owners, about 10 million firms all over the country are now owned by women, generating close to $2 trillion of income in 2008. Moreover, no less than 40 percent of privately held companies are now being owned or controlled by the ladies. However, only 20 percent of huge enterprises, those that earn about a million dollars or more a year, are handled by women.

What do all these statistics say? That women can be just as headstrong as men when it comes to opening and running a business—but then to dominate the market still requires a lot of work. This is the objective of Odette Laurie.